ing, “It is nice to have two schools that have slightly
different outlooks.” With classes for girls and boys,
he feels that they provide outreach into the community.

Stevenson’s goals for the next 10 years are a mani-festo on nurturing his dancers as well as his audienc-es. “I would like the company to be able to take onmore performances,” he says. “I want to find moreperformance opportunities and to develop new cho-reographers. I would like to expand the repertoire. Iam also interested in making the company as excitingas we can.”Stevenson has provided his imprimatur on manyfull-length works with his choreography. Dance com-panies around the world have staged his work. Itwould be enough to rest on his laurels. However, hecontinues to conceive new projects. “I would like todo an evening of music and dance, everything fromthe Beatles to Beethoven,” he says, noting that he isalso looking forward to this season’s Voluntaries byGlen Tetley and Mozart’s Requiem, which will closethe season. O’Keefe refers to Requiem as one of Ste-venson’s most important endeavors, describing theinterpretation as “very contemporary.”When asked what makes working with Stevensonspecial, Bangert sums it up best. “Everything! He isso inspiring,” she says, echoing sentiments expressedby everyone who works with him. Priolo adds, “Hehas such an amazing way of making things work.North Texas is lucky to have him.”Stevenson concludes, “Personally, I am particu-larly excited about the company here. I have seenenormous growth. We just want to go on being aswonderful as we can be.” And he has great hope forthe company’s future, adding, “Hopefully, in the end,Texas Ballet Theater is the product rather than theballet. If people like the company they will come tosee the ballets.” P